I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 177 Grasshopper after Autumn

Because of the provisions of the Juvenile Law, the police were unable to interrogate and investigate Shinichiro Tou, and all work had to be done by the Family Court.

Therefore, in order to be relatively fair and just, the Family Court must submit a written report to the police every time there is a breakthrough.

On the fifth day after the police arrested Shinichiro Higashi and handed him over to the Family Court, a new written report was suddenly faxed to the Kokubunji City Police Station.

After reading the report, the elderly director distributed it to all the police officers who participated in the arrest operation.

After receiving the report and reading only half of it, Nako Hikigaya was so angry that she was shaking all over. She was in an emotional state the whole afternoon and wanted to run to the family court immediately to teach that brat a lesson!
Finally, it was time to get off work. She angrily grabbed her handbag, and without even changing out of her police uniform, she got on the bus and came to "Peter Cat".

Ever since she had dinner here last time and received the healing comfort from Yumeko, Hikigaya Nako would come to the store to drink and help out whenever she had free time, treating it as a relaxing activity after work.

According to her, doing odd jobs in Teacher Kitagawa's cafe is much more meaningful than going to the izakaya to drink with those greasy colleagues.

"Good evening~ Yumeko." Hikigaya Nako pushed open the door of the cafe, carrying a fruit basket bought from the supermarket. As soon as she raised her empty right hand, the rest of her words were interrupted by the lively scene inside.

"You're here, Sister Hikigaya~" Yumeko had just changed the tea for Kitagawa Hide and Saito Rena - they were so thirsty from discussing the beginning of "Confessions" that they drank tea like water, one pot after another.

Nako Hikigaya saw that some computers that were usually empty were also being used. Teacher Kitagawa was talking to a beautiful and capable woman with twin ponytails. There were also several noisy children playing house on the floor of the cafe.

She almost thought she was in the wrong place.

When Mayumi Aso and the others saw that the person coming was wearing a police uniform, they subconsciously sat up straight and became nervous.

Yumeko skillfully took Hikigaya Nako and introduced her to everyone, which also eased Hikigaya Nako's anxiety and allowed her to quickly integrate into the daily atmosphere of "Peter Cat".

Upon hearing that the three people in front of the computer were Mayumi Aso and her friends, Nako Hikigaya, who had been reading "Wenyi", suddenly had her eyes lit up. She ran over with a smile and asked them for their autographs one by one.

The police uniform that was originally signed with Mr. Kitagawa's name has been carefully kept by her.

Now that she has obtained the signatures of three of Teacher Beichuan’s disciples, she decided to report to the Material Management Section as soon as she arrived at the police station tomorrow, saying that her police uniform was “lost” again and she planned to exchange it for two new sets.

I am probably the first reader in Japan who has successfully collected all the signatures of Kitagawa's "family portrait"!

Realizing this, Hikigaya Nako's originally gloomy mood suddenly improved a lot.

As they were chatting, she suddenly remembered the purpose of her trip, and quickly took out the written report and ran to Kitagawa Hide to hand it to him.

"Teacher Kitagawa, excuse me, could you please take a look at this report?" The last time Nako Hikigaya had dinner with him, she learned from Hide Kitagawa that his new book was about juvenile offenders.

Since then, every time she came over for a drink and a chat, she would bring some information that could be published to the public, or give Kitagawa Hide a practical explanation of the current situation and treatment policies for juvenile offenders, in order to help Kitagawa Hide write a better book.

Thanks to her assistance, "Confessions" written by Hideaki Kitagawa is more in line with the law and reality than the original, and the plot and details in it have become more professional.

The same advantage also radiates to Keigo Higashino's "Blade of the Wandering" and Shiro Dango's "Youth Story: Everything About Lily Chou-Chou".

"Thank you for your hard work, Ms. Hikigaya." Kitagawa Hide took the written report and thought it was some internal information as usual.

I didn't expect that when I opened the cover of the book, it said "Report on the latest developments in the "Drunken Rose Saint War" case."

This is the latest investigation report from the Family Court!

"Can this be made public?" Kitagawa Hide didn't rush to look at it, but looked up and asked her.

He didn't want the little policewoman to make any principled mistakes because of his book.

Hikigaya Nako smiled and waved her hand: "It's okay. Many written reports are sent to the police station and then quickly sold to the media by colleagues. These are all customary 'extra income'.

Even if I don't show it to Mr. Beichuan, I guess you will see the same report in the newspaper in a few days."

"I see. I won't be polite then." Kitagawa Hide opened the report and read it word by word.

He also wanted to know more details about the case.

Because he decided to use "Drunkard Rose Saint" as the prototype of the first male protagonist "Watanabe Shuya" in "Confessions".

In this way, the novel and the real case echo each other, making the novel as a whole more textured and realistic.

"Can I take a look too?" Mengzi asked curiously.

Hikigaya Nako smiled and nodded: "Of course!"

After getting the promise, Mengzi sat quietly beside Kitagawa Hide, made him another cup of refreshing tea, and then whispered something to Saito Rena.

The two of them did not rush to watch it together, but waited for Kitagawa Hide to finish watching it before watching.

The written report states:
Boy A confessed to the judge of the family court that all the victims were just random encounters and he had no personal grudges against them.

The boy who had his head cut off, Jun Tsuchi, had once met boy A.

Although Jun Tsuchi is mildly mentally retarded, he still receives adequate family care, which makes the boy A dissatisfied.

The slight mental retardation made it easier for him to commit crimes, so he finally chose Jun Tsuchi as his target. After killing Jun Tsuchi and cutting off his head, the boy A said that he felt that there seemed to be a soul in the head of the corpse, so he took out a knife and scratched the head to drive away the "soul".

Then he put the severed head into a garbage bag and even drank some of the blood that flowed from the severed head.

He believed that "his own blood was dirty, so he had to purify his blood by drinking the blood of pure children."

It is worth mentioning that every time the boy A committed a crime, he would report to the so-called "God" "Drunken Rose Saint" in his diary.

For example, "A sacred experiment was conducted today" (an elementary school girl was injured with a hammer), "Under the protection of God, I will not be arrested", "It is time to perform the sacred ceremony and be given the holy name", etc.

His diary was also found by the police at his home and has been kept in the family court as evidence.

When things developed to this point, the judges unanimously determined that boy A suffered from a mental illness and did not have the subjective motivation to kill.

Moreover, many of these cases were committed when he was "ill".

The Kokubunji City Family Court decided to send Boy A to a juvenile reformatory for diagnosis.

Before the boy A was transferred to the Kanto Juvenile Reformatory, the judge asked him to apologize to the victims' families.

The day after his arrest, the victim’s family members came to the Family Court and met with Boy A face to face.

During this period, boy A first expressed that he was very regretful and said that he did not dare to harm these children, etc.

Some of the victims' families have expressed their understanding and are willing to compensate the boy A's family with money. Others, although dissatisfied, have stopped being aggressive after seeing that he is sincere in his apology.

However, just as the apology was over, the boy A suddenly laughed mockingly on the correctional chair, and then said to the judge and the victim's family members in an extremely arrogant manner:

"Apologize? You really believed it? Look, I was just joking."

It turned out that he was not regretting the crime he had committed, but regretting that he had not been able to fix his head on the school gate and had not been able to complete his "masterpiece".

This behavior completely broke through the last psychological defense line of the victims' families and shocked the judges of the family court.

But in the end, neither the judges who dared to be angry but not to speak out, nor the victims' families who were overwhelmed, were able to change the final ruling of the court judge.

The judge invited a professional psychiatrist, who concluded that teenager A had been suffering from antisocial personality disorder for a long time and required long-term treatment.

Just yesterday.

The Family Court is planning to submit the verdict to the Ministry of Justice and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and this high-profile case will come to an end.

When the boy A was about to be sent to the Kanto Juvenile Reformatory, he suddenly declared publicly to the judge that he did not suffer from any mental illness.

Boy A said to all of them with certainty, "That's absolutely right, I did it all by myself, I don't have any mental illness."

He also said that he wanted to compile his murder diary into a novel, hoping that a publishing house could publish it. By then, it will surely be popular all over Japan and even more popular than Kitagawa's book!

This was the first time in days that he mentioned a new name other than the victim.

When talking about Teacher Kitagawa, envy and jealousy were evident in boy A's eyes.

He also wants to have that kind of attention and social recognition, and hopes that his parents will treat him like Tsuchi Jun's parents.

"This guy has become so lawless!" Hikigaya Nako said angrily after taking a sip of beer.

He rejected the results of the mental evaluation, arrogantly mocked the police, judges and victims' families, and even shamelessly compared himself to Kitagawa Hide.

It is because he knows very well in his heart that as long as the Juvenile Law is there, no one can do anything to him.

"I did it, what can you do about it?"

He seemed to have launched a silent challenge to Kitagawa Hide through numerous obstacles.

Because of these things, the transfer to the juvenile detention center was temporarily put on hold.

But it is basically impossible to change the fact that he will not be punished.

Just like now, Kitagawa Hide and the others have been talking together for so long, but they don’t even know his real name.

As a police officer, Hikigaya Nako could only help this scumbag conceal his true identity according to the law.

No wonder she heard from her predecessors that after teaching life safety classes for a long time, seeing all kinds of juvenile offenders who are not punished, people will become depressed.

After reading the report, Kitagawa Hide closed it silently, handed it to Yumeko and the others, then turned to look at Hikigaya Nako.

"If he really dares to write those things into a book and publish it, the market and I will teach him a lesson."

(End of this chapter)